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Dali (Hardcover)
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Dali (Hardcover)
Series: Basic Art Series
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Painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman
Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the 20th century's greatest
exhibitionists and eccentrics. One of the first artists to apply
the insights of Freudian psychoanalysis to art, he is celebrated in
particular for his surrealist practice, with such conceits as the
soft watches or the lobster telephone, now hallmarks of the
surrealist enterprise, and of modernism in general. Dali frequently
described his paintings as "hand-painted dream photographs." Their
tantalizing tension and interest resides in the precise rendering
of bizarre elements and incongruous arrangements. As Dali himself
explained, he painted with "the most imperialist fury of
precision," but only "to systematize confusion and thus to help
discredit completely the world of reality." Revolutionizing the
role of the artist, the mustache-twirling Dali also had the
intuition to parade a controversial persona in the public arena
and, through printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, and film,
to create work that could be consumed and not just contemplated on
a gallery wall. This book explores both the painting and the
personality of Dali, introducing his technical skill as well as his
provocative compositions and challenging themes of death, decay,
and eroticism. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art
Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever
published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a
detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the
artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a
concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory
captions
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